Domaine Gauby

Roussillon

Gérard et Lionel Gauby

Harmony... 80 hectares from which half are planted with vines and the rest left to guarrigues, the Gauby estate is far from a desert and represent a real ecosystem. "Harvested" insects are here collected from the triage table and sent back to theVineyard, hedges of trees are planted to welcome birds, and different grape varietals are planted together within the same plots to further develop a unique symbiosis also found in the wines...

Wine Spectator Magazine is a longtime advocate of the 100-point scale. This is how the magazine explains its scoring system: 'Wines are always tasted blind. Bottles are bagged and coded. Tasters are told only the general type of wine (varietal or region) and vintage. Price is not taken into account.' The magazine says its ratings are based on 'potential quality, on how good the wines will be when they are at their peaks'.

Wine Spectator rating system:

95–100

Classic: a great wine.

90–94

Outstanding: a wine of superior character and style.

85–89

Very good: a wine with special qualities.

80-84

Good: a solid, well-made wine.

75–79

Mediocre: a drinkable wine that may have minor flaws.

50–74

Not recommended.

La Revue du Vin de France French wine magazine. Wines are rated on a scale from 10 to 20. The wines are tasted by Olivier Poels, Hélène Durand and Philippe Maurange. Instead of a single number, always a range is given with a 1 point span. Presented here is the mean.

RVF rating system:

19.5-20

Outstanding wine

18-19

Great Wine

16-17.5

Very good wine

14-15.5

Good wine

12-13.5

Medium wine

Bettane & Desseauve French wine critics publishing in TAST . They rate the wines on a scale from 10 to 20. Not all wines are (already) rated.

Bettane & Desseauve rating system:

20

Perfect the day the wine was tasted

18.5-19.5

Outstanding wine, for great occasions but needs a proper cellar conservation and service

16.5-18

Prime example wine in its appellation and its vintage

15-16

Very good wine, in high accordance with quality of its Terroir.

13-14.5

Good wine, well raised, in accordance with its Terroir.

Burghound is a wine website (www.burghound.com) and quarterly newsletter run by American wine critic Allen Meadows.
Burghound has published more than 50,000 tasting notes, for wines dating as far back as 1845. Its scores are based on a 100-point rating system, interpreted as follows:

Burghound rating system:

95–100

Truly incomparable and emotionally thrilling

90–94

Outstanding

85–89

Good to high quality

80-84

Average to good quality

76–79

Barely acceptable quality

Jancis Robinson is a British wine writer and critic who rose to fame in the mid-1980s after becoming the first MW (Master of Wine) from outside the wine trade. She is now one of the most influential commentators in the business, and writes a weekly column for the Financial Times as well as running her own website.

Jancis Robinson’s Rating System:

20

Truly exceptional

19

A humdinger

18

A cut above superior

17

Superior

16

Distinguished

15

Average

14

Deadly dull

13

Borderline faulty or unbalanced

12

Faulty or unbalanced

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate is arguably the world's most influential wine critic. His bi-monthly newsletter 'The Wine Advocate' was first published in 1978, and now has a profound effect on both prices and market demand for fine wines around the world. Parker uses a 100-point wine scoring scale.

Robert Parker’s Rating System:

96–100

An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of
a classic wine of its variety. I think wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find,
purchase and consume.

90–95

An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. I consider these terrific wines.

80–89

A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor, as
well as character with no noticeable flaws.

70-79

An average wine with little distinction except that it is soundly made. In short a straightforward,
innocuous wine.

60–69

A below average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin,
an absence of flavor, or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.

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